Sunday, 27 September 2009
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Why can't I be TRUE?
Last August I had just started a blog over on Blogger. It was my first attempt at blogging and I was not pleased with how it was going. To me it was difficult to find other blogs and to attract attention to my own, so I really wanted to find another blog site. One day while in a parenting forum (I was bored, don't judge) someone mentioned Momaroo. I jumped on it and went right to the site. It was then that Gwacemom was born.
Now, at the time I was new to all of this and didn't even realize that Momaroo was a sister site or "ish" site, if you prefer. Xanga was some weird word that I had never heard of until I began to get comments from those over on xanga. I became a featured writer for Momaroo and fell in love with the whole thing.
After a few months I had really crossed over the lines and had both friends on Momaroo and friends that were on Xanga. It was then I began to learn about the TRUE badge and how one must earn it. You couldn't buy it, you couldn't save credits for it, you had to earn it. I began to follow my path to being eligible for TRUE like a pregnant woman three weeks past her due date. I wanted that badge.
The day finally arrived. I had finally earned the right to request my badge. I wrote my little paragraph and crossed my fingers just waiting to get the message that I was finally TRUE. Yeah, that never happened. What happened instead was a nice message saying that they had not figured out how to give TRUE to sister sites, but that I would be one of the first to get it once it was possible.
That was seven months ago and here I sit still TRUEless. Now, I realize I am not a huge member of Xanga. I am not well known in the more popular circles, but I am a blogger that has IMHO, earned my right to be TRUE. My subs and friends list crosses over the Momaroo boundary and I would be pretty confident in saying that the majority are Xanga members. I comment on those I sub, I rec those I think are important. I read those that are recd and comment if I have something worthwhile to say and sometimes when I don't.
So Xanga, why oh why can't I be awarded that badge? My blog count is high, my comment count is higher and I do everything in my power to promote this community. I stay out of the drama (except for joking with April and Sarah) and I do my best to give back thoughtful comments.
I just want to be TRUE. Is that so wrong?
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Comments (26)
Xanga has so many issues nowadays that it's ridiculous. Most of all that the Xanga Team seems to be allowing Xanga to die off by not updating the featured posts/question/etc.
I can understand why it might be problematic to give a True Badge to sister sites, but seriously? 7 months? In that time, I'm sure the Xanga Team could've at least figured out how to make a separate True Badge for each of the sister sites, and given that one out, if not the official Xanga one... >.<
@SerenaDante@xanga - I wouldn't mind at all to have a different badge, but it just irritates me when I see new bloggers earning their badges and I am still sitting here waiting. If the badge wasn't a possibility, why was I able to check the progress?
Oh, I am just tired and cranky, but I really want that badge. Silly I know.
@gwacemom - I heard the ish sites were running into some of these glitches.
Xanga promised me in November of last year that by January of 2009 that I would be able to have my own .com site like the ish sites. It is now the end of September so I have been waiting 8 months past the promised date. I am not being critical but xanga is quick on the promises and you never see a quarter of it happen. That was the case before the recent size reduction of the xanga team. I would imagine they could just make up a true badge for the ish sites. I don't understand why it would take this long.
@TheTheologiansCafe@xanga - I have quite a few issues with Momaroo at the moment, none of which I have detailed. I would think mine was a fairly simple request, but it is somewhat reassuring that it isn't just me this is happening to. It doesn't make it less of an issue, but I don't feel targeted now.
@gwacemom - I promise you that they are not targeting you.
@TheTheologiansCafe@xanga - LOL, I didn't really think they were, but I was curious if it was simply because of me not being "xanga".
I'm on xanga and I never received a response (negative or positive) to either of the times I requested my true badge. I'm just waiting on my financial aid money and then I'll be moving over to my own blog and hosting guest writers, if your interested.
@lizheartshakespeare@xanga - I would love to be considered as a guest writer. Let me know how things go!
@gwacemom - I will definitely let you know =)
I applied for true and never heard anything back.... Guess I'm not TRUE material. lol!!
Wow, this makes me so sad that there are so many people who lack 'true' for such stupid reasons! I remember when I was working towards my 'true' badge; I wanted it so badly. If I was at all savvy, I would create on for you to post somewhere on your page. But Im just not.
(So how is it that they figured out the 'premium' badge but not the 'true' badge. Sounds like some BS to me! Of course, it could be similar to the whole gifting of premium...)
@der_lila_Stern@xanga - Exactly, how can I get the PREM, but not the TRUE? I want that badge damnit.
@gwacemom - I'd give you mine if I could! You deserve it so much more!
@der_lila_Stern@xanga - Aww, you are too sweet. I am nowhere near done bitching about this to xanga. They will either throw me out or give me the darn badge. LOL
@gwacemom - They wont throw you out! You help them generate too much money! lol
@der_lila_Stern@xanga - LOL, don't even get me started on how pissed I am about momaroo and that whole "no more features" thing. I swear I could blog for days, but it would make me sound like I give myself too much credit.
Aww, it's okay...I still love you! It does appear that Xanga is letting more and more slip through the cracks...
@filtered_sunlight - Yeah, but I don't sit by quietly. I am already annoyed with the whole momaroo thing, I want that badge damnit.
I guess it all bothers me so much that Xanga/Momaroo seems to be going to hell because I tried other sites and I chose this one because I liked being able to find random blogs to read. No other site seemed to be able to offer that. Why is such a good thing being let dwindle away?
@der_lila_Stern@xanga - I know, right? I signed up for Blogger too and quickly abandon it. I've been over at MySpace and they've just started a "view top blogs" thing, but...it's all bands and crap. (I know, I know...that's what MySpace was started for...but...still...)
@der_lila_Stern@xanga - I feel the same way. Blogger was just nothing compared to xanga. I hate to see it all go up in smoke.
I'm sorry ......
I remember when I really wanted a true badge and worked hard to get it. I would have been ticked off if I didn't get one. Now I feel kind-of bad because I've just been too darn busy to keep up with Xanga stuff. Good luck!
You are true in my heart Ange. I've been here over four years and still haven't "earned" mine. And seven months to fix that problem. Geeze! Get on that!
Badge or not, you are TRUE to me.
@waking_up_older@xanga - @kidzandK9z@xanga - Aww, thanks you guys.